International Customs Day 2025; January 26th.

FORUM: “Customs Delivering on its Commitment to Efficiency, Security and Prosperity.” International Customs Day 2025. The World Customs Organization (WCO) is dedicating 2025 to Customs Delivering on its Commitment to Efficiency, Security and Prosperity. The Secretariat is inviting Members to look at how they support newly-recruited officers, facilitate the sharing of knowledge, and heighten the sense of pride in being part of this institution and of the global Customs community. The WCO Members will have the opportunity to showcase the efforts and activities in this domain. Follow the conversation with the hashtags: #InternationalCustomsDay, #26January, #Customs.

EVENTS: On January 26th, International Customs Day 2025, The participants are invited to mark the Anniversary of the WCO - a unique Organization dedicated to international cooperation and the sharing of knowledge.
 

On January 15th 2025, from 13:00 to 15:00 (Brussels time) was held the 2nd Symposium on "Removing counterfeits from e-commerce". In 11 June 2024, the WCO organized a Symposium on “Removing counterfeits from e-commerce” preceded by the Operation STOP III report launch. This event, the first of its kind under the IPR, Health and Safety Programme, attracted more than 350 registrations from WCO Member administrations, the Regional Intelligence Liaison Office (RILO) network, international organizations, rights holders, industry, academia and private sector representatives, including e-commerce platforms, Customs brokers, express carriers and postal operators. The Symposium presented and described the landscape of illicit goods based on WCO data analysis resulting mainly from Operation STOP III and from seizures by other WCO Members and other stakeholders. In addition, through a panel discussion on the “Paradigm shift to bring about better results in the fight against counterfeiting in e-commerce”, the Symposium provided an opportunity for discussions on the challenges faced by Customs and the private sector with respect to intellectual property right (IPR) enforcement, particularly in the e-commerce domain.

Objectives: The aim of this second edition of the Symposium is to continue raising awareness among Customs officials and the general public about the threat of counterfeiting through e-commerce. This edition of the Symposium has a special focus on substandard, counterfeit and falsified medicines and medical devices.

Target audience

• WCO Member administrations and the RILO network
• International organizations
• Rights holders and industry representatives
• Private sector representatives (e-commerce platforms, Customs brokers, express carriers, postal operators)
• Academia

Format: The Symposium will be held in a hybrid format.

Registration: When registering, attendees may choose to attend either in-person at WCO Headquarters in Brussels or online. Register to participate, get the agenda programme and the list of speackers!


Message by the Secretary-General of the WCO on International Customs Day 2025; January 26th.